Off Topic - Exim question

Kenny Hitt kenny at hittsjunk.net
Mon May 17 20:44:29 EDT 2004


Hi.  The easiest way is to just run eximconfig again and choose option 2
instead of option 1.  This will overwrite the current exim.conf, but it
keeps the old file around.

Hope this helps.
          Kenny

On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 08:02:54PM -0400, Jayson Smith wrote:
> The reason I'm marking this as off topic is that it isn't related to
> Speakup.
> Anyway, I'm trying to use my local Linux box as an SMTP server for my lan.
> I've enabled relaying for 192.168.0.0/8 which covers my entire lan.  But
> certain Internet servers think that, since I'm on a residential DSL line, my
> SMTP server can only mean one thing...  Spam!  Some will even disconnect me
> right on the spot.  So my question is, what steps do I need to take with
> Exim 3.35 I think it is, whatever comes with Debian Woody Stable, to make it
> use my ISP's SMTP server to send outgoing mail?  The reason I want to use my
> local server to start the process is that sometimes Outlook Express takes a
> long time sending certain messages, and it doesn't when it's configured to
> use my local server.  Any thoughts?
> Thanks in advance,
> Jayson.
> 
> 
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